WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The University of Southern Maine baseball team split a doubleheader with Eastern Connecticut State University Saturday. The Huskies won the first game 9-6 before dropping the second 8-7.

Freshman Geoff George hit 2 home runs and drove in 6 runs to lead the Huskies in the first game. Jon Collins led off the game with a home run for Southern Maine.

For the Warriors, Basilio Ortiz doubled and homered to knock in 2 runs.

In the second game, Ortiz homered again for the Warriors, a 3-run shot in the second inning. Trailing 7-6 in the seventh inning, a pair 2-out USM errors allowed the Warriors to tie the game at 7 on a wild pitch and an infield error allowed the winning run to score in the eighth.

Gary Williamson led the Huskies with a 3-run homer in the fifth inning and an RBI double. Chris Dutton added 3 singles for Southern Maine.

(First Game) Southern Maine 124 000 2 – 9 10 1 Eastern Conn. 102 200 1 – 6 10 1

Aceto, Welch (6), Giroux (6) and York; Murphy, Worthley (7) and Crosby (Second Game) Southern Maine 000 430 00 – 7 14 4 Eastern Conn. 130 010 21 – 8 8 0

Brown, Giroux (7), Welch (7) and Misiaszek, York; Valliere, MacDonald (5), Worthley (8) and Crosby